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Queer Mvmnt Fest

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4:30 PM, ongoing daily from June 24, 2022 until June 27, 2022.

Multiple locations

Free

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Two dancers perform in Chelsea Zeffiro's "Girldream (1996)" for Disco Riot.

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Personal histories write the through line in Disco Riot's 'Spectra'

Julia Dixon Evans

This festival from local contemporary movement arts organization Disco Riot will feature artists whom identify as part of the queer, trans and gender-nonconforming dance community in San Diego and beyond. Queer Mvmnt Fest will empower and showcase LGBTQ+ artists from all backgrounds through performance, workshops, discussions, and classes geared for affinity groups as well as open to the general public. The festival will further highlight the work of BIPOC artists within the LGBTQ+ community, examining and centering the need for addressing inequity through an intersectional lens.

This festival is the first of many actions towards representation and celebration of queer and BIPOC dance artists in the San Diego community.

For the day-by-day schedule of performances, workshops and more, go here. For location details, scroll to the bottom of this page.

Friday, Jun. 24:
4:30 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Film screenings
5:30 p.m.: at City Heights Annex: Panel discussion, facilitated by José Héctor Cadena, about portrayals of dance in film.
6 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Film screenings (repeat of 4:30 p.m.)
7:30 p.m. at Art Produce: Queer partner salsa dance lesson with Michelle Morales
8:30 p.m. at Art Produce: Opening garden party

Saturday, Jun. 25:
10 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Xochii de la Noche
11:30 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Bernard Brown
6 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Performance, featuring Xochii De La Noche, Avery Polster, Anna Brown Massey, Victor De La Fuente, Jasmyn Hamblin, and Jay Carlon. *note: minors in attendance must be accompanied by an adult. This production contains partial nudity
7 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Panel discussion, facilitated by José Héctor Cadena, on the body as a canvas
8 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Performance (repeat of 6 p.m.)

Sunday, Jun. 26:
10 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Mirrored Fatality
11:30 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Avery Polster
12 p.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Jay Carlon
2 p.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Marty Dorado
4 p.m. at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Performance featuring Guillermo Castro, Lavina Rich, Sebastian Eusebio Arredondo, Tylor Bradshaw, Sara Celaya, Alyssa Rose, Sol Dela Rosa, Bernard Brown, and featuring special guest performance by James Gilmer of Alvin Ailey
5:15 at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Panel discussion facilitated by José Héctor Cadena on collaborative dance performances
7 p.m. at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Performance (repeat of 4 p.m.)
9 p.m. at Urban Mo's: Closing Party

Monday, Jun. 27 (Youth and Family Night)
4:30 p.m. at the Mingei: Youth and family workshop with Alyssa Rose
6 p.m. at the Mingei: Performances and films that highlight LGBTQ+ youth
7:30 p.m. at the Mingei: Panel discussion and info session

Location information:
City Heights Annex: 3795 Fairmount Ave, San Diego, CA 92105
Art Produce: 3139 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104
Tenth Avenue Arts Center: 930 Tenth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
BalletCenter Studios: 246 W Washington St, San Diego, CA 92103
Urban MO's: 308 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92103
The Mingei: 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

Event Supported By

DISCO RIOT

https://discoriot.org/